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..^~*%%¤£@ ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### @£¤%%*~^..
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.....^~*%% on earth (the planet where i live) a %%*~^.....
......^~*% lot of us have antennas on our houses %*~^......
.......^~* or balconies, we have built large *~^.......
........^~ antennas for larger bandwith, we have ~^........
.........^ build specialized antennaes for ^.........
.......... specific wavelengths (and sent them ..........
.......... into orbit), we've built large as fuck ..........
.......... antenna arrays ..........
.........^ we've virtually built an antenna with a ^.........
........^~ dish as large as earth. ~^........
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......^~*% we've learned about our position in the %*~^......
.....^~*%% solar system, our solar systems %%*~^.....
....^~*%%¤ placement in the galaxy, and our ¤%%*~^....
...^~*%%¤£ galaxys placement in the local cluster, £¤%%*~^...
..^~*%%¤£@ and ~our~ local clusters place in the @£¤%%*~^..
.^~*%%¤£@# grand scheme of things #@£¤%%*~^.
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...^~*%%¤£ and we're moving around the sun at £¤%%*~^...
....^~*%%¤ velocity and the suns moving around the ¤%%*~^....
.....^~*%% center of the galaxy at velocity and %%*~^.....
......^~*% the galaxy is moving toward andromeda %*~^......
.......^~* and we're both moving anticlockwise *~^.......
........^~ around the galaxy. and we as a species ~^........
.........^ have learned to take all that in account ^.........
.......... ..........
.......... and despite all this, despite all our ..........
.......... (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar ..........
.........^ radio programmes out in fucking space ^.........
........^~ at the speed of light (light is our ~^........
.......^~* medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), *~^.......
......^~*% despite ghosts helping and the %*~^......
.....^~*%% collective consciousness lowpass %%*~^.....
....^~*%%¤ filtering, despite our very obvious ¤%%*~^....
...^~*%%¤£ beaming of all our secrets in every £¤%%*~^...
..^~*%%¤£@ direction known to us, @£¤%%*~^..
.^~*%%¤£@# #@£¤%%*~^.
..^~*%%¤£@ no . one . has . answered @£¤%%*~^..
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.....^~*%% ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### %%*~^.....
......^~*% #...~~~~~~~~...# %*~^......
.......^~* *~^.......
........^~ so why is that? ~^........
.........^ ^.........
.......... most opponents to intelligent life in ..........
.......... the universe say it's because you need ..........
.......... a class one-or-the-other star and the ..........
.........^ planet needs to be at a see-and-so ^.........
........^~ distance away from the star (like there ~^........
.......^~* has to be a planet!) *~^.......
......^~*% %*~^......
.....^~*%% but really isn't that keeping the %%*~^.....
....^~*%%¤ definition of life really lax? ¤%%*~^....
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..^~*%%¤£@ i think everyone agrees that we have no @£¤%%*~^..
.^~*%%¤£@# idea what we're doing (and it probably #@£¤%%*~^.
..^~*%%¤£@ shows) @£¤%%*~^..
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....^~*%%¤ #...~~~~~~~~...# ¤%%*~^....
.....^~*%% ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### %%*~^.....
......^~*% #...~~~~~~~~...# %*~^......
.......^~* *~^.......
........^~ i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ~^........
.........^ this year and try to snatch some beers ^.........
.......... from the local beer thing ..........
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